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Software has become the invisible thread which drives an increasingly larger percentage of innovation in manufactured products and business systems. Meaning both product manufacturers and companies whose business relies on IT are becoming more and more dependent on software to help achieve their business objectives. These objectives could be externally focused toward getting to market first with innovative offerings, internally focused on process improvement and/or increased return on investment, or both! However, the reality of our world... [More]

We fielded a request from a customer for this information, and once I'd compiled it, I thought it was worth sharing. Hope this helps someone else out there! Here is a collection of resources around RTW and its family of products, and about licensing, including "Virtual Tester Packs" (VT Packs). Rational Test Workbench About the Rational Test Workbench installation http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSBLQQ_9.0.0/com.ibm.rational.rtw.install.doc/topics/c_installation_overview.html Rational Test Workbench package... [More]

This is a convenience post, to make it easier to see the many resources in one place. Posted by special request. 0. Getting started with ECMAScript or JavaScript in Rational Integration Tester http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21694213&myns=swgrat&mynp=OCSSBLQQ&mync=E&cm_sp=swgrat-_-OCSSBLQQ-_-E 1. Using ECMAScript with tags in IBM Rational Integration Tester http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21597695 * get the sample project 2. Use an ECMAScript function library in RIT... [More]

I caught up with a very major customer last week. They use AIT (Automated Integration Testing) and Service Virtualization (SV). Back in February, during their first major implementation, they had about 250 active stubs (a.k.a., Virtual Services) deployed. Eventually that major effort got its real back-ends, and they un-deployed all of them! Now, they're doing a major RESTful/Mobile effort with an estimated 150 Virtual Services. So there are only 150 Virtual Services deployed and running - not 400. They have only 3-4 projects... [More]

IBM can notify you when useful technical activity occurs - for example, TechNotes are published or APARs are opened (or closed). It's can be a bit difficult to find it (there are no links from any TechNote page, oddly enough), so here's a tip on how to subscribe. You can set up the notifications at https://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/myview/subscription/css.wss/folders?methodName=listMyFolders You want to click 'subscribe' then click 'Rational' - my subscription to 'Rational Test Virtualization... [More]

Did you hear the news? IBM Innovate is on the move for 2015. After nine great years at the Swan and Dolphin resort in Orlando, Innovate is leaving the land of children theme parks and headed back to Vegas - the adult playground in the desert. And with planning already underway, I am sure this will be a very exciting event for all who decide to attend. Why not join us? Now, if you weren't aware, the InterConnect website is up and running providing the most recent event information. The latest announcement is that the... [More]

Recently, on August 28, 2014, Gartner, Inc. positioned IBM as a leader in the published 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites (ISQ) report. For the report, Gartner evaluated 14 worldwide vendors, recognizing IBM moving to the number one spot in the leaders quadrant based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute. Testing is one of the key processes in the software development life cycle. The market has been steadily maturing to deliver improved user success,... [More]

I spent last week working with a technology firm that depends on web services offered by healthcare.gov. It was very interesting to peek behind the curtain. We' ve all seen the congressional hearings, and heard the talking heads shouting at each other. But in the real world where we bring technology to bear on real problems, I found that Rational Test Workbench & Rational Test Virtualization Server could help this customer in many ways! We see problems with SOA implementations at many customers - but rarely do we see all the... [More]

Have you ever wondered how much time is lost to non-productive work and how test teams struggle to deal with these lost hours? Particularly when their managers believe that they are continuously testing the software being developed for the benefit of the company they work for. If you are like me, perhaps you want to know the impact of these testing interruptions - adhoc meetings, processing email, etc? Were some tests being deferred or ignored entirely because the Testers were addressing these "busy work" requests? How... [More]